The economy is the world's most important problem, but not America's

Americans say the country's biggest problem right now is politics, per a new global Gallup survey out Wednesday.

Why it matters: Only eight other countries — out of 107 — ranked politics first, a sign of heightened political polarization and overall dissatisfaction among Americans.

The only country with a statistically significant higher share identifying politics at the top was Taiwan. It's under mounting political pressure from China, which doesn't consider it a country...